Taxation of financial arrangements paper

Anthony Frost CTA

Tony Frost, CTA, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills’ Managing Director, is a tax lawyer and Chartered Accountant, with a career spanning more than three decades. During this time, he has advised clients on a wide range of matters, including financial transactions, ATO audits and disputes, and the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and transfer pricing. Tony has been closely involved in many successful and unsuccessful tax reform projects over the last 30 years or so, including in his role as a key adviser to the Australian Banking Association, and also as an occasional adviser/consultant to the Treasury, ATO and the Board of Taxation. Before joining Greenwoods in 2003, Tony was a partner in a global chartered accounting firm and held a senior position in a leading Australian bank. Tony is a prolific author of tax articles and seminar papers and is regularly invited to speak at industry events and conferences. He spent 15 years as a lecturer in the Master of Laws program at the University of Sydney. Tony is a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, a member of the Law Society of NSW and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a member of the International Fiscal Association. - Current at 01 November 2018

Andrew Hirst CTA

Andrew is a Partner and Head of Financial Services at Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills. Andrew advises on a range of corporate and banking-related tax issues with a particular focus on financial and international transactions. Andrew has worked with Treasury and the ATO on various areas of tax reform that impact the financial services industry. - Current at 16 November 2021